1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season

1928–29 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
1928–29 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Helms National Champions	Montana State (retroactive selection in 1943)
Player of the Year; (Helms)	John "Cat" Thompson, Montana State (retroactive selection in 1944)
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

The 1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1928, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1929.

Rule changes[edit]

The charging foul by the player dribbling the ball was introduced.^[1]

Season headlines[edit]

The Big Six Conference and Missouri Valley Conference began play. Both had formed when the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) split into the two new conferences in May 1928, with the Big Six Conference officially retaining the MVIAA's name and the Missouri Valley Conference retaining its staff. Both claimed the MVIAA's founding date (1907) and its history from 1907 to 1928 as their own, and both claimed to be a continuation of the original conference.
The practice of naming an annual Consensus All-American Team began.
In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Montana State as its national champion for the 1928–29 season.^[2]
In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Montana State as its national champion for the 1928–29 season.^[3]

Conference membership changes[edit]

School	Former conference	New conference
Drake Bulldogs	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Missouri Valley Conference
Duke Blue Devils	Independent	Southern Conference
Grinnell Pioneers	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Missouri Valley Conference
Iowa State Cyclones	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Big Six Conference
Kansas Jayhawks	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Big Six Conference
Kansas State Wildcats	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Big Six Conference
Missouri Tigers	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Big Six Conference
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Big Six Conference
Oklahoma Sooners	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Big Six Conference
Oklahoma A&M Aggies	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Missouri Valley Conference
Washington University in St. Louis Bears	Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Missouri Valley Conference

Regular season[edit]

Conference winners and tournaments[edit]

Conference	Regular season winner^[4]	Conference player of the year	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (City)	Tournament winner
Big Six Conference	Oklahoma	None selected	No Tournament
Big Ten Conference	Michigan & Wisconsin	None selected	No Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League	Penn	None selected	No Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference	WashU	None selected	No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference	Washington (North); California (South)		No Tournament; California defeated Washington in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Colorado (Eastern); Montana State (Western)		No Tournament
Southern Conference	Washington and Lee	None selected	1929 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament	Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia)	NC State^[5]
Southwest Conference	Arkansas	None selected	No Tournament

Statistical leaders[edit]

Awards[edit]

Consensus All-American team[edit]

**Consensus Team**
Player	Class	Team
Tom Churchill	Junior	Oklahoma
Vern Corbin	Senior	California
Charley Hyatt	Junior	Pittsburgh
Stretch Murphy	Junior	Purdue
Joe Schaaf	Senior	Pennsylvania
Cat Thompson	Junior	Montana State

Major player of the year awards[edit]

Helms Player of the Year: John "Cat" Thompson, Montana State (retroactive selection in 1944)

Coaching changes[edit]

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team	Former Coach	New Coach	Reason
Georgetown	Elmer Ripley	Bill Dudack	Ripley left to coach at Yale. His assistant Dudack replaced him.
Iowa	Sam Barry	Rollie Williams
USC	Leo Calland	Sam Barry

References[edit]

^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

[1] rangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes

[2] Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.

[ESPN_526-3] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[4] "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.

[5] 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09

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